Has there ever been a 27 pitch game in the MLB?

Seventy years ago on this date, he pitched one of the more ridiculous games in organized baseball history. The Pirates Minor Leaguer, at just 19 years old, struck out 27 batters, while giving up no hits, in a regulation nine innings. It's the only time that's ever been done at the professional level.
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What is the highest pitch count in MLB?

The record for the most pitches thrown in a single MLB game is 360 pitches, set by Leon Cadore in 1920. But the MLB does recognize that limiting pitch count is the best way to protect a player's arm and most MLB starting pitchers will stay around 100 pitches per game.
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What is a 27 pitch game?

27 pitches means the ball is being hit every pitch. You'd have to be incredibly lucky for the ball to not find a hole.
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What is it called when a pitcher throws 27 consecutive outs?

A no-hitter is a game in which a pitcher, or pitchers, gives up no hits. The term is most often used to describe a game in which a single pitcher throws a complete game of at least 9 innings (27 outs) without giving up a hit.
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What is the most pitches ever thrown in a game?

History. On June 25, 2010, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Edwin Jackson threw 149 pitches in a no-hitter. This was the highest pitch count in an MLB game since 2005.
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Has anyone ever pitched a 27 pitch game?



Is there a pitch limit in MLB?

If a pitcher reaches the 110 pitch limit while facing a batter, the pitcher may continue to pitch until one of the following occurs. o The batter reaches base, o That batter is retired, or o The third out is recorded to complete that half-inning or game.
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Has there ever been a 3 pitch inning?

Completely unofficial and no record books have ever been kept. The following pitchers had no problem with their pitch count, at least for one inning, as they started the inning, threw exactly three pitches and recorded three outs.
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What is the rarest feat in baseball?

Unassisted triple plays

The rarest type of triple play, and one of the rarest events of any kind in baseball, is for a single fielder to complete all three outs. There have only been 15 unassisted triple plays in MLB history, making this feat rarer than a perfect game.
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Has anyone struck all 27 batters?

Necciai is best remembered for the unique feat of striking out 27 batters in a nine-inning game, which he accomplished in the Class-D Appalachian League team, the Bristol Twins on May 13, 1952. He is the only pitcher ever to do so in a nine-inning, professional-league game.
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Why is strikeout called AK?

A “K” is used to refer to a strikeout in baseball because the letter “S” was already used to score a sacrifice. So Henry Chadwick, the inventor of the box score, began using the letter “K” in the 1860s because it is the last letter of “struck”, which was the common term for a strikeout at the time.
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Has anyone ever pitched an 81 pitch game?

Per STATS, Hendricks' 81 pitches were the fewest in a nine-inning complete-game shutout since Aaron Cook of the Boston Red Sox in 2012. Cook also threw 81 pitches, allowing just two hits with two strikeouts in a 5-0 win over the Seattle Mariners. The Cubs had to be thrilled with Hendricks' performance Friday.
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What is the lowest pitch count in a complete game?

Charles Henry "Red" Barrett (February 14, 1915 – July 28, 1990) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played 11 total career seasons in the National League. He played for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves and St. Louis Cardinals. He pitched the shortest complete game by fewest pitches (58) in history.
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What is 5 strikeouts in a game called?

The "Olympic Rings" or platinum sombrero applies to a player striking out five times in a game. A horn refers to a player striking out six times in a game; the term was coined by pitcher Mike Flanagan after teammate Sam Horn of the Baltimore Orioles accomplished the feat in an extra-inning game in 1991.
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Who threw the slowest pitch in MLB history?

Utility player Brock Holt used a few eephus pitches during a relief appearance for the Texas Rangers on August 7, 2021, one registering the slowest MLB pitch for a called strike since at least 2008 (the pitch-tracking era) at 31.1 miles per hour (50.1 km/h).
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Has anyone pitched a no-hitter and lost?

On April 23, 1964, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt . 45s became the first pitcher to throw a nine-inning no-hitter and lose. In fact, he is still the only individual to throw an official (nine-inning) no-hitter and lose.
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What is the most pitches thrown in a no-hitter?

Edwin Jackson's 149 pitches are the most ever recorded in a no-hitter. He threw 70 in the first three innings.
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Who throws a knuckleball in MLB?

1) Phil Niekro (1964-87)

The most famous knuckleballer of all, Niekro is a Hall of Famer and the only knuckleball pitcher who's a member of baseball's historic 300-win and 3,000-strikeout clubs.
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What's the longest HR ever hit?

On June 2, 1987, Denver Zephyrs slugger Joey Meyer hit a ball into the second deck of the old Mile High Stadium. The home run was measured as having landed an improbable 582 feet from home plate.
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Has any pitcher thrown 2 perfect games?

No major league player has ever thrown two perfect games, although Jean Faut of the AAGPBL accomplished the feat with perfect games in 1951 and 1953.
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What is the fastest pitch ever recorded?

Fastest pitch ever thrown

As a result, Aroldis Chapman is credited with throwing the fastest pitch in MLB history. On Sept. 24, 2010, Chapman made MLB history. Then a rookie relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, the fireballer unleashed a fastball clocked at 105.1 mph by PITCH/fx.
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What was the biggest blowout in MLB history?

Baseball's Biggest Blowout Games tells the story of the most lopsided games in major-league baseball history. The biggest blowout game in major-league history was on August 22, 2007, when the Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles, 30-3. That's a 27-run differential.
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Can a batter hit a pitch that bounces?

According to the definition, a pitch is a ball delivered to the batter by the pitcher. It doesn't matter how the pitch reaches the batter. The batter may hit any pitch that is thrown. Note that a pitch that bounces before reaching the plate may never be called a strike or a legally-caught third strike.
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Is a 2 pitch inning possible?

Rome completes rare two-pitch inning

Working in the top of the 10th on Friday, the Class A Rome reliever hurled what is believed to be the Minor Leagues' first-ever two-pitch inning before the Braves walked off with a 4-3 win over West Virginia at State Mutual Stadium.
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How many immaculate innings have been pitched?

There have been 108 immaculate innings, with the most recent being Luis García and Phil Maton of the Houston Astros on June 15, 2022, which is also the first and only time it has happened twice on the same day (and in the same game, against the same 3 batters).
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How rare is an immaculate inning?

While the achievement is rare, there has been at least one immaculate inning in every season since 2006. Nestor Cortes of the Yankees was the first to throw one this season back on April 17 against the Orioles. The Astros' nine immaculate innings ties them with the Dodgers and Yankees for most all time.
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